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Adolescent Sexual Debut

A Case for Studying African American Father-Adolescent Reproductive Health Communication

Nnenna Ohalete

California State University, Long Beach

African American adolescents mature earlier and have their sexual debut (first voluntary penile-vaginal penetration) earlier in adolescence and thus are at a disproportionately greater risk for more sexual partners, STIs, unwanted pregnancies, abortions, and adolescent motherhood and fatherhood despite rate reductions for other adolescents over approximately the past 20 years. Although the focus of most studies has been mothers' influence in adolescents' reproductive health, fathers' influence has been found to make a difference. However, the influence of African American fathers' reproductive health communication has not been addressed. Not only could much be revealed in exploring the influence of African American fathers' reproductive health communication, but these findings could guide interventions, thus reducing African American adolescents' reproductive health morbidity.

Key Words: African American fathers • communication • reproductive health • sexual debut

This version was published on May 1, 2007

Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 37, No. 5, 737-752 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0021934705283769
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